Back in April, the relevant clarifications were released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recognizing the pandemic as force majeure event which should not entail change in the tax status of a person who ended up stranded outside their regular place of residence. The same logic was gradually put into effect in national regulations of a number of states.

Legislative initiatives that strengthen the control over information circulation on the Internet rarely leave the public indifferent. Usually, two forces immediately appear, namely, supporters of strict regulation and observance of rights (subjects of personal data and copyright holders) and their opponents who believe that total control and severe measures will not lead to a positive outcome.

Undoubtedly, COVID-19 penetrated into all areas of legal relations and affected almost all states all over the world. Here is our review of COVID-19 pandemic measures taken in Russia.

In the new edition on the "Intellectual Environment" topic IP practice lawyers Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh comment on how to use copyrighted content.

What name is better to register as a trademark? Does it require thinking up something original, or is it enough to indicate the type of services to be provided in the name, for example, selling tickets online? This is perhaps one of the most important issues when creating a new product or service.

On 01.04.2020, Federal Law No.69-FZ “On protection and promotion of investments in the Russian Federation” (hereinafter the “Law”) took effect. This law introduced an instrument new to domestic investment relations – an agreement on protection and promotion of investments (hereinafter the “APPI”).

Federal Law No.115-FZ “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in respect to unifying the content of annual reports of state corporations/companies, public non-profit companies, as well as in respect to determining specifics of regulation of corporate relations in 2020 and suspending the provisions of certain regulations of the Russian Federation” dated April 7, 2020 was published and took effect on April 7, 2020, providing changes in the timeframes for holding general meetings of shareholders in 2020.

On April 1, 2020, Article 9.1 was added to the Federal law for maintaining economic stability, providing the Russian Government the authority to impose a moratorium on initiating bankruptcy proceedings. 

The Intellectual Environment topic from IP department at Capital Legal Services is here again. Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh comment on what happens if you fail to register your trademark on time.